Richard Stallman: Free Software Supporter Issue 66, July 2013

Free Software Supporter Issue 64, July 2013 Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation’s monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 68,680 other activists. TABLE OF CONTENTS FSF, other groups join EFF to sue NSA over unconstitutional surveillance Donate to Replicant and support free software on mobile …

Chuck Spinney: Insane Insider Threat Program in Context of Morally and Mentally Bankrupt US Intelligence System

Attached herewith is an essay I just wrote for Counterpunch. For you convenience  I have also attached a very important McClatchy report on the Orwellian Insider Threat Program being promoted by the Obama Administration. The lead co-author, Jonathan Landay, is one of the few mainstream reporters who has been onto the lunacy unleashed by 9-11 …

Ralph Peters: The Birth of Modern War – How the 1860’s Changed War, and the World

First published by Armchair General.  Full text online for ease of automated translation. In document form (15 pages):  2013-05-09 Ralph Peters Birth of Modern Warfare THE BIRTH OF MODERN WAR How the 1860s Changed the Fields of Battle Forever By Ralph Peters      The ten-year span that began with the American Civil War in 1861 …

Berto Jongman: SSCI Pre-Hearing Q&A — Superb Questions, Cloudy Answers — Robert Steele Answers 6 of 40 Questions Honestly + IC/CIA Health RECAP

SSCI Pre-Hearing Questions for John Brennan 28 Pages, 40 Questions ROBERT STEELE:  CIA was clearly a full participant in the drafting of these answers, many of which are utter nonsense (being effective at clandestine intelligence, all-source analysis, and open source intelligence, to take three fairly pertinent examples).  The questions are the best I have ever …

Dolphin: Second Campaign for Transparency Journalism

Freedom of the Press Foundation Launches Second Campaign in Support of Transparency Journalism; First Campaign Raises Almost $200,000 Second Campaign Will Support Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Center for Public Integrity, Truthout, and WikiLeaks; Supporters Can Donate to Specific Secrecy-Busting Projects FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, CA – February 4, 2013 – Freedom of the Press …

Theophillis Goodyear: Chomsky on Paranoia of the Superrich

The Paranoia of the Superrich and Superpowerful Noam Chomsky Huffington Post, 4 February 2013 EXTRACT Right after the assassination of Osama bin Laden, amid all the cheers and applause, there were a few critical comments questioning the legality of the act. Centuries ago, there used to be something called presumption of innocence. If you apprehend …